Colm Keane & Una O' Hagan Colm Keane Book of St Brigid

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The life story, miracles and cures of the iconic feminist saint, Brigid of Kildare, including her legacy to the present day.

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Description: Binding: Paperback
Date Published: 08 Sep 2021
Feminist, farmer, abbess, bishop, convent founder and miracle worker, St. Brigid has inspired Irish women and men down through the ages. She cared for the poor, healed the sick, and managed monastic settlements. She became patron saint of revolutionaries and women fighting for their rights. She is also credited with inventing the Rosary beads, brewing ale, and inspiring the first tiered wedding cake and Buy Irish campaign. Pirate Queen Grace O'Malley, Lady Gregory and Maud Gonne MacBride regarded her as a guiding light. All of them, including Brigitte Bardot, Bridget Hitler and Cromwell's daughter Bridget, are featured in this book.The book also describes her holy wells, St. Brigid's Crosses, churches, miracles and cures - providing you with all you will ever need to know about Ireland's female patron saint.
About the Author: Colm Keane has published 29 books, including eight No.1 bestsellers, among them The Little Flower: St. Therese of Lisieux, Padre Pio: Irish Encounters with the Saint, Going Home, We'll Meet Again and Heading for the Light. He is a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, and Georgetown University, Washington D.C. As a broadcaster, he won a Jacob's Award and a Glaxo Fellowship for European Science Writers. Una O'Hagan is a No.1 bestselling author and former newsreader with Radio Telefis Eireann. A journalism graduate, she has interviewed Nelson Mandela, accompanied President Mary Robinson on a state visit to Australia and hosted live programmes on the deaths of former Taoisigh Jack Lynch and Garret FitzGerald and the state visit of Queen Elizabeth II to Ireland. This is her fourth book.
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'An accessible, easy breeze through Brigid's life' The Irish Times; 'A work of great scholarship, but which is simultaneously a page-turner....It's a triumph' Pat Kenny, Newstalk; 'Colm and Una are the only writers who can get me reading about the lives of the saints' Brendan O'Connor, RTE Radio 1; 'Delightful reading' The Irish Catholic; 'The Book of St. Brigid - it's great!' The Today Show, RTE TV; 'An incredible story of an incredible woman' Tipp FM; 'A masterpiece' LMFM; 'A fabulous read and you will enjoy it' Midwest Radio; 'I loved it from start to finish' Cork C103

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